The notice from The Meadville (Pa.) Tribune:Soup to Nutz ends its run in print syndication the week of May 21. The final daily is release date May 26.Soup to Nutz by Rick Stromoski March 27, 2000 – May 26, 2018 Newspaper Enterprise Association/United Feature Syndicate/(Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndicate for UFS) [daily reprints since March 5, […]
Start with the news, from DD Degg at the Daily Cartoonist via Tom Heintjes of Hogan’s Alley, with the smiling, self-posted face of Mark Parisi, who won the “It’s Not Actually A Reuben” award last night in the category of Newspaper Panels for Off the Mark.Here are the rest.Only the big one at the end […]
The National Cartoonists Society, on May 26, 2018, handed out awards at its annual Reuben’s Dinner. Nominees for divisional awards with winners in bold. – – – Updated June 2, 2018 – – –Editorial Cartoons Clay Bennett Mike Peters Michael Ramirez Newspaper Illustration Greg Cravens Glen Le Lievre Dave WhamondFeature Animation Benjamin Renner and Patrick […]
KaBOOM! has announced Peanuts: Dell Archive, a collection of Peanuts comic book stories originally published by Dell Publishing. Nat Gertler has a few details. Local Legend: Tom Batiuk in ‘Funky’ cold Medina Story from Cleveland.com about local cartoonist made good. Richard Pietrzyk to write and draw original Dick Tracy graphic novel ComicList has the story and an […]
I’ve criticized — perhaps even “railed against” — young cartoonists for either misinterpreting history or presenting it as some new discovery when it’s always been there for anyone who wanted to know it.It’s only fair, then, to praise this piece from the Nib, “1968: The Revolution That Almost Was,” by Julia Aleksayeva, who looks at 1968 […]
The A/V Club has a story on a person who’s set Rush’s 2112 album to Peanuts animations:From the story:If you had to describe the internet to somebody, you might say, “It’s a place where people waste an inordinate amount of time when they could be doing productive things in the real world.” Or, you could […]
Heart is a cute little kid whose irrepressible pretensions are adorable. One of my favorite strips.Because she’s about seven years old.By junior high, it becomes silly.If it persists into adulthood, we’re talking delusional and creepy. The unseen driver at the end is that guy, getting the hell out of town but now with the germ of […]
Tom Richmond‘s poster for the National Cartoonists Society’s 72nd Annual Reuben Awards announces the Special Guests.Top row: Mark Tatulli, Arnold Roth, Mike Luckovich, Stephan Pastis, Glen Keane, Jake Tapper Bottom Row: Lynn Johnston, Hillary Price, Lynda Barry, Brendan Burford, Rick StromoskiThe Reuben (Cartoonist of the Year) nominees were highlighted here earlier this week, but now […]
Philadelphia homeboy Mark Tatulli, nominated for The Reuben AND for Comic Strip Divisional Award, anticipates his city filled with cartoonists in today’s Heart of the City.
Hey, there’s Nick Galifianakis in a stylish hat.Tell me. Is that John Kovaleski fresh in from a two-and-half hour drive?Wait. Are those the McGarry brothers? Are they taller than last year?Off the record. I hear Mike Luckovich is hosting. Wasn’t he fab when he emceed in LA?-from special correspondent John Glynn
Mike Peters, who is nominated for divisional awards in editorial cartoons and comic strips this year, is attending The Dinner and he has brought a friend along for the weekend.While it is not surprising that Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike has previously won the Reubens’ Editorial Cartoonist division and also The (actual) Reuben, I am a […]
A portion of a private library’s 741 section (nicked from Brian Fies)National Cartoonists Society members are beginning to show up in Philadelphia today for The Reuben Awards Weekend. And while The Dinner and Awards Ceremony, and various seminars, and The Board meetings are all members- or invitation-only (I hear Jeff has invited brother Glen to […]
The Comics Beat is reporting that Mike Norton’s “Lil’ Donnie” will be released as a collection from Image in August.From the Image release:Believe us, you’re going to love the LIL’ DONNIE, VOL. 1: EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE hardcover which collects the first 125 LIL’ DONNIE comic strips (winning!). This collection follows the timely and terrifying adventures of […]
RJ Matson best sums up Trump’s call for the special prosecutor to stop looking into his campaign and for an investigation of why the FBI is doing its job.This whining seems particularly bizarre coming from the side of the spectrum in which police mistreatment of black people is blamed on black people acting suspiciously. Like […]
Subscription-list and nom de plume-trailblazer Ruben Bolling is to receive the 2018 RFK Journalism Award for his award-winning work on his award-winning “Tom the Dancing Bug” comic.The event is being held tonight at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.@RubenBolling@NewseumUpdate:Ruben Bolling’s RFK Journalism Award Photo © Bruce Guthrieand Ruben Bolling receiving his award from Kerry Kennedy Photo © Bruce […]